Category Archives: News
All community members encouraged to attend first Visit Emporia Community Conversation focused on Latinx Leadership Saturday
Representation, culture and community will all be central themes of an upcoming community dialogue this weekend. Visit Emporia will be hosting its first Community Conversation at the Emporia Granada T...
Aug 26, 2022 Visit Emporia Graphic
Mowing mishap at Waters Hardware sends one to Newman Friday
A mowing accident sent one man to Newman Regional Health with what are being called non-life threatening injuries Friday afternoon. Emporia Police and Fire were called to Water's Hardware at 2727 Us H...
Aug 26, 2022 Emergency personnel work to extricate a man trapped in a drainage ditch following an accident at Waters Hardware. Photo by Tagan Trahoon/KVOE News
Emporia ready for PDGA Professional World Championships
When an event with the magnitude of the 2022 PDGA Professional World Championships comes to Emporia, the community gets behind it. This will be the sixth time Emporia has hosted a PDGA Championship, w...
Aug 26, 2022 PDGA Logo
With new tenants nearing grand openings, Emporia Pavilions developer continues work to add more stores
The three new national retailers headed to the Emporia Pavilions could all be operating by the Thanksgiving holiday, and two might be open a few weeks earlier than that. Developer Spencer Thomson says...
Aug 26, 2022 Work continues to add Ross Dress for Less (pictured), Marshalls and Shoe Show to the Emporia Pavilions near 24th and Industrial. Chuck Samples/KVOE News.
Americus resident battling Coinbase to regain access to account
Bob Arndt of rural Americus has money in his Coinbase account. Or he did as of Tuesday. He'd like to access his account. But he can't. Arndt says he was attracted to cryptocurrency about 18 months ago...
Aug 26, 2022 Bob Arndt was all smiles after talking with KVOE News this week, but he's been increasingly frustrated with efforts to access his Coinbase account since he discovered issues Tuesday. Chuck Samples/KVOE News.
Funeral services Saturday in Wisconsin for Richard James, 78
Funeral services are coming in Wisconsin for the son of former USD 253 Emporia superintendent Carl James. Dr. Richard James passed away Aug. 18 at age 78. A native of Eureka, James was a veteran, enli...
Aug 26, 2022 Richard James (far left) passed away Aug. 18. Nitardy Funeral Home screenshot.
Vamos a Pescar's sixth annual celebration coming Saturday
Area residents are invited -- and encouraged -- to attend an event designed to get people outdoors. The sixth annual Vamos a Pescar celebration is coming Saturday to Emporia State's Prophet Aquatic Re...
Aug 26, 2022 Vamos a Pescar logo.
Osage County deputies seeking man in connection to alleged home burglaries
Osage County deputies are looking for a man about a string of residential burglaries. Deputies aren't giving any traditional suspect information and they aren't releasing any information yet about whe...
Aug 26, 2022 Osage County deputies are asking for help in finding this man after a string of alleged home burglaries. Osage County Sheriff's Office screenshot.
Evergy planning power outage for portions of Greenwood County beginning Thursday evening
A scheduled power outage is coming to portions of Greenwood County Thursday evening. According to a post on the City of Hamilton's Facebook page Thursday, Evergy will be shutting off power to the city...
Aug 25, 2022 Evergy logo.
EMPORIA HIGH FOOTBALL: Decision on formal charges connected to alleged battery likely coming next week
Decisions on formal charges connected to an alleged battery incident at Emporia High School will likely come next week. Lyon County Attorney Marc Goodman is awaiting reports and related information fr...
Aug 25, 2022 KVOE News file photo.
